Lithophaga subelliptica

No picture of Lithophaga subelliptica was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none. Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is. GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Lithophaga subelliptica, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
LithophagaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Lithophaga
Life habit
boringPBDB, for Lithophaga
Motility
stationaryPBDB, for Lithophaga
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia
Environment
lagoonal,coastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanic,brackish,freshwaterPBDB, for Mytilidae

Time the record covers

At most 4.8 million years on record.

Every occurrence read is dated to somewhere between 303.7 Mya and 298.9 Mya, and nothing in the dating separates them, so that window is what the record shows rather than a span.

Carboniferous — about 3 of 3 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 0 of 3 occurrences304–304 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences304–303 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences303–303 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences303–303 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences303–303 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences303–303 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences303–302 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences302–302 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences302–302 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences302–302 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences302–302 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences302–301 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences301–301 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences301–301 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences301–301 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences301–301 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences301–301 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences301–300 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences300–300 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences300–300 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences300–300 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences300–300 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences300–299 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences299–299 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences299–299 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences299–299 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences304.2 Mya298.4 Mya

3 occurrences of Lithophaga subelliptica on record, most of them in the Carboniferous. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

3 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

3 formations

Mattoon — 39.12°N, 88.57°WRed Tanks — 35.75°N, 107.12°WMadera Limestone — 35.75°N, 107.13°W

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The named rock units Lithophaga subelliptica has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed.

Lithophaga subelliptica and its relatives

Carboniferous

Where Lithophaga subelliptica and its relatives were recorded in the Carboniferous.

Found in the same rock

115 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 3 sites for Lithophaga subelliptica, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

2 references

Each of the 3 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. Each entry links to the Paleobiology Database's own record for the work.

Media and terms

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No picture of Lithophaga subelliptica was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is.

GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Lithophaga subelliptica, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Lithophaga subelliptica was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itLithophaga through timeFormations of the CarboniferousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Sayre 1931